Do you know how much money countries like the US spend on law enforcement? The city I live in has a 1.2 billion dollar budget for 2010... Half of that, 600 million is spent on law enforcement... Which includes enforcement on taxes, sanitation, and even jay walking.

Actually the so-called "verbal" placards are being used in some parts of Metro Manila. I remember passing by a street and a person with a megaphone kept on repeating orders that this is a no loading zone. "Doon po ang sakayan, bawal dito!!!" "Doon po ang sakayan, bawal dito!!!" "Doon po ang sakayan!!!" Of course, everybody followed.